Subject English II Communication Skills

Course Title: English-II Communication Skills
Course Code: ENG-308
Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Course Contents:

1. Listening and Speaking Skills
   • Understand and use English to express ideas and opinions related to real-life experiences inside and outside the classroom.
   • Provide reasons to justify viewpoints.
   • Understand and use signal markers.
   • Extract information and make notes from lectures.
   • Ask and answer relevant questions to seek information and clarification.
   • Develop oral presentation skills (prepared and unprepared talks).
   • Prepare for interviews (scholarship, job, placement for internship, etc.).
2. Reading Comprehension Skills
   • Identify main ideas and topic sentences.
   • Find specific information quickly.
   • Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information according to the purpose of reading.
   • Recognize and interpret cohesive devices.
   • Distinguish between fact and opinion.
3. Vocabulary Building Skills
   • Guess the meanings of unfamiliar words using context clues.
   • Use word formation rules for enhancing vocabulary.
   • Use the dictionary to find meanings and usage of unfamiliar words.
4. Writing Skills
   • Write descriptive, narrative, and argumentative texts with and without stimulus input.
   • Write formal letters.
   • Write different kinds of applications (leave, job, complaint, etc.).
   • Prepare a Curriculum Vitae (CV) or bio-data.
   • Write short reports.
5. Grammar in Context
   • Understand the meaning and use of tenses.
   • Use modals appropriately.
   • Use active and passive voice correctly.

Note: Listening and Speaking skills will be assessed informally using formative assessment methods until facilities are available for formal testing.

Recommended Readings:

• Eastwood, J. (2004). English Practice Grammar (New edition with tests and answers). Karachi: Oxford University Press.
• Ellen, K. (2002). Maximize Your Presentation Skills: How to Speak, Look and Act on Your Way to the Top.
• Hargie, O. (Ed.). Handbook of Communications Skills.
• Howe, D. H., Kirkpatrick, T. A., & Kirkpatrick, D. L. (2004). Oxford English for Undergraduates. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
• Mandel, S. (2000). Effective Presentation Skills: A Practical Guide to Better Speaking.
• Mark, P. (1996). Presenting in English. Language Teaching Publications.
• Murphy, R. (2003). Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.